Senior Procurement Manager Germany & HQ (d/f/m)

Your Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for productivity/cost efficiency targets in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories in Germany & global Headquarter, including key compliance metrics
• Successful implementation of global, regional and country projects across Corporate Spend and Commercial categories & functions, ensure key stakeholder alignment and customer satisfaction.
• Manage quality of the Germany & global Headquarter end‑to‑end Procurement process and support seamless integration of capability centers into the end‑to‑end process.
• Executing the Source‑to‑Contract process including respective strategies and negotiations aligned with business priorities
• Manage and build effective relationships with key suppliers in their area of responsibility to drive value for Sandoz through cost effectiveness and access to innovation.
• Ensure effective local implementation of global supplier strategies (e.g. implementation of strategic suppliers, contracting principles, execution of global/regional contracts).
• Manage local supplier landscape in Corporate Spend and Commercial categories in line with business strategies & global Procurement goals and strategies (e.g. payment terms, manage tail spend, local supplier management process).
• Ensure effective communication between the different Procurement functions and serve as the key contact for stakeholders in Germany & global Headquarters

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• Bachelor degree in Business, Organization development or similar; Master’s degree preferred
• 5 years of procurement experience in large multinational organization
• Additional qualifications (CIPS, Project Management, etc.) or similar professional qualifications preferred
• Experience in change management and leading through change
• Ability to influence and manage senior stakeholders
• Proven track record of successful supplier negotiation and management
• Proven track record of delivering the saving target and bringing value add through procurement processes
• Fluent English and German

You’ll Receive

Sandoz has an employee‑first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.